Composers Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham, who penned the Off-Broadway musical I Love You Because, will present two concert performances of their song cycle Next Thing You Know July 27 at the Ars Nova.

Colin Hanlon

The 7 and 9:30 PM concerts at the West Side venue will feature the talents of Jill Abramovitz, Farah Alvin, David Austin, Colin Hanlon and Jay Armstrong Johnson. John Simpkins directs with projection design by Zack Kinney. Next Thing You Know, according to press notes, is described as such: "Real life comes real fast. One day you wake up, and instead of a hangover, you have a job. Instead of a fling, you have a live-in girlfriend. And instead of naïve dreams, you have reality. Join five New Yorkers as they experience the little joys and compromises that bring us into adulthood in this theatrical concert."

Tickets for Next Thing You Know: Songs from Salzman and Cunningham, priced $15, are available by visiting arsnovanyc.com. Ars Nova is located in Manhattan at 511 West 54th Street, just west of Tenth Avenue.

For more information visit SalzmanAndCunningham.com/NextThingYouKnow.html.